News From Around the South 2/26 to 3/4

News From Around the South 2/26 to 3/4

TEXAS: Largest Wildfire In State History Rages On STINNETT, Texas – Critical fire weather conditions returned to the Texas Panhandle this weekend, adding fresh headaches to firefighters trying to contain the largest wildfire in state history. The Smokehouse Creek...
The Torturer’s Poor Memories

The Torturer’s Poor Memories

As the pre-trial hearings in the case of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and others who are charged with masterminding the 9/11 attacks proceed at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba, the government continues to stumble with its own witnesses. In hearings last week,...
The Torturer’s Poor Memories

Middle America is Dying Hard

WEIRTON, West Virginia — Most people in this town will tell you they’d rather have taken a physical punch to the gut than get the news they received yesterday when Cleveland-Cliffs Steel announced it was idling its tinplate production plant, a move that directly...
News From Around the South, 2/21 to 2/26

News From Around the South, 2/21 to 2/26

SOUTH CAROLINA: Battle Trail: New Carolinas’ Revolutionary War Corridor Needs Money The two Carolinas are waiting for funding from the federal government to launch a new national heritage corridor to help local groups in both states observe the 250th anniversary of...